DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 04/11 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.0 - - 54.4 - - 50.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 177 - - 70 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2774 - - 2756 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2451 - - 1876 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3663 - - 3645 - - 936 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 594 - - 530 - - 1894 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 330 - - 248 - - 24 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 134 - - 158 - - 119 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -168 - - -599 - - -1734 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3831 - - 4245 - - 2671 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8379 - - -9046 - - -9167 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12042 - - 12691 - - 10103 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 96 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.0 - - 54.4 - - 50.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.8 - - 39.4 - - 42.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 50.9 - - 54.0 - - 52.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 37.6 - - 38.2 - - 41.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 177 - - 70 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2774 - - 2756 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 91 - - 85 - - 94 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 6 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96792 34 249 35 259 40 266 96792 89497 33 256 37 256 38 275 89497 83904 33 260 35 263 36 275 83904 79258 36 269 38 274 41 280 79258 75259 34 266 42 266 43 266 75259 71738 37 273 41 265 46 274 71738 68564 45 279 45 279 49 279 68564 65648 49 277 51 282 46 272 65648 62921 49 276 52 277 45 276 62921 60253 49 275 48 276 51 285 60253 57465 47 278 49 280 54 286 57465 54574 47 285 57 280 58 282 54574 51819 55 278 58 280 62 272 51819 49346 57 269 58 275 54 271 49346 47128 48 270 58 269 49 283 47128 45115 46 288 56 274 65 288 45115 43298 57 295 59 290 74 285 43298 41661 75 299 68 295 71 288 41661 40164 83 294 80 295 79 291 40164 38766 81 291 88 293 85 285 38766 37440 78 291 88 290 78 282 37440 36149 77 290 85 289 74 277 36149 34828 75 289 75 289 74 283 34828 33450 72 288 66 284 66 290 33450 32022 68 288 70 280 52 286 32022 30527 65 290 70 276 48 275 30527 28951 63 291 62 272 46 265 28951 27292 60 289 54 266 46 259 27292 25549 55 286 53 270 46 256 25549 23725 49 286 47 275 45 254 23725 21823 43 288 37 270 41 255 21823 19839 35 288 30 277 36 256 19839 17771 28 291 18 287 27 252 17771 15670 26 284 21 254 19 227 15670 13653 26 268 32 247 25 221 13653 11817 28 260 30 250 29 228 11817 10183 25 257 24 239 31 232 10183 8731 18 253 25 225 29 241 8731 7442 15 255 21 223 26 248 7442 6300 12 252 18 224 25 247 6300 5291 9 237 16 219 23 242 5291 4406 6*200 13*189 21 217 4406 3632 8*139 10*162 23 180 3632 2946 9 135 10 160 22 161 2946 2343 9 133 9 158 19 148 2343 1840 9 133 9 156 18 137 1840 1454 9 132 8 155 17 128 1454 1189 8 131 8 154 14 123 1189 1028 8 131 7 153 12*121 1028 936 7 130 6 153 7*119 936 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography